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take on alaska governor sarah palin. we love that. good morning, everyone. i'm alex witt and welcome to "msnbc sunday." 8:00 a.m. in the east. there you see it under way, these live pictures from texas where the demolition crews are about it to implode the former home of the dallas cowboys. you're looking at that series of explosions that's what's going to begin to reduce the 39-year-old structure to dust and rubble. first, they're celebrating. you have the fireworks going on right now but this is going to happen literally in just a couple of minutes. the texas stadium, of course, no longer needed after the cowboys moved to a new $1.2 billion stadium last season. joining me right now on the phone mark willis of xm cirrus radio. >> good morning. we are just moments away from saying good buy to an old friend in just a moment or say texas stadium will be blown into pieces as more than a ton of dynamite will level the former home of america's team.

a series of 50 explosions will destroy texas stadium where around 2,200 holes were drilled into the stadium's support columns and then filled with dynamite. now the city of irvin is charging to watch the final tailgate party and the dwats opened about 2:00 this morning and officials are warning about the dust and the noise from the blast. anybody with respiratory problems is advised to bring a mask. they're watching all the festivities and it has been an all-night party as a lot of folks have come out to say good-bye. >> i can about imagine. i understand this is also a charity event, right? >> that's correct. this is an interesting situation here because the city of irving, what they did they charged $25 a car. all of the money is going to be going to charity and, also, too,

is that a young man here, 11-year-old casey rogers, is getting the honors of pressing the wireless button that will trigger the demolition. he was selected by winning an essay contest in which he wrote about his charity called casey's heart. his charity helps the homeless by providing food and clothing to those in need. and just a couple of days before casey steps into the history books he had a chance to visit texas stadium. he saw a cowboys game there when he was about 6 years old. and now a spokesman for kraft said his impressive essay stood out because of the difference he's making helping the homeless. casey's dad, of course, very proud, russell rogers is delighted at his son's well-deserved attention and a direct quote from him. he said i am as proud as an east texas tick.

>> the stadium that we're looking at, as we look at its last, final moments here, and with that open dope there, that hole in the roof, it brings to mind the famous stadium line, texas stadium has a hole in its roof so god can watch his favorite team play. that's the line. >> absolutely. and it was originally to have been a dome stadium. the stadium really could not support the weight of the roof. the public funding ran out before the structure could be modified. >> really? i didn't know that. so it's almost incomplete and look at the legend it created. >> absolutely. and this resulted in most of the stands being enclosed but not the playing teld itself. this unusual arrangement seen in european soccer stadiums prompted the famous quote, texas stadium has a hole in its roof so god can watch his favorite team play. >> mark, you mentioned soccer, and when people think of this

stadium, you only think of the dallas cowboys but, indeed, you have the tornado soccer team playing there. it wasn't just about football, this place. >> absolutely. soccer was played here. they hosted neutral site college football games, the home field of the smu mustangs from 1979 through 1986. after the school returned from an ncaa-imposed suspension. in 1988 school officials moved it back to the smu campus. in november and december texas stadium is a major venue for high school football. it's not uncommon for there to be high school football triple-headers at this stadium. texas stadium has served as a t temporary home for two dallas-area high schools in addition it has hosted concerts, pro wrestling events, religious gatherings, promise keepers, the billy graham crusades. in fact, the first event held in texas stadium. and, of course there's been a lot of music concerts as well.

if you think back may 29th allan jackson, george strait, jimmy buffett put on a concert that was later turned into a cd. >> you can remember it that way. i think the explosions are beginning to bring this thing down. as we watch this happen, what's going to replace this space? >> well, that's to be determined at this point because what the city of irving want to do, they want to develop it into a multiuse complex there. so it's pretty much undecided what's going to happen. the state department of transportation is going to lease the site for about $15 million a year and it will occupy it as a construction location for up to ten years. the city has the right to relocate the staging area for a redevelopment opportunity. >> you have to wonder what the guys who hold the records that they made, with just 20 seconds left here, tony dorsett, t.o.,

terrell owens, troy aikman, these guys must be looking at this very emotionally. >> absolutely. and, in fact, one of the cowboys, drew pierson, said he's not going to be able to be there but he's going to be watching it from a distance because he said it's too emotional. >> mark, listen with us because it's starting. listen to the explosions go off and watch it come down. stay with us, mark. >> okay.

>> wow. that kind of thing does not get old especially something with this historic magnitude and the people of texas, there have to be a lot of mixed emotions. there's one heck of a stadium people are using now to the tune of $1.5 billion. that was the cost, mark, of the new stadium? >> that is correct. a brand-new stadium for the cowboys. it's a beautiful facility but this stadium that's going down is going to bring a lot of emotion from a lot of people. can you imagine being the little 11-year-old boy who just pushed that button to level that thing? he has stories for a lifetime. >> he has stories for a lifetime. he's going to go down in the history books. mark willis of xm sirius radio, this is a pretty exciting time. thanks for sharing it. >> alex, thank you. we'll probably revisit the

pi pictures later on. with a good morning to all of you, we may get an early snapshot of the race for president and it appears to be a very close call. out of more than 1,800 ballots just a single vote separated the top potential candidates in the straw poll. former massachusetts governor mitt romney took home the top spot with 439 and that narrowly edged out ron paul. former governor sarah palin and former house speaker newt gingrich rounding out the top four. it is not just potential gop kabd datz but the party's chairman, rnc chair michael steele addressed the crowd for the first time since embarrassing disclosures revealed how donor money was being spent. steele took responsibility for the distractions but insisted the focus needs to be on the other side of the aisle. >> democrats also know they have some explaining to do, and they would love nothing more than for us to keep pointing fingers at me and others instead of their

radical un-american agenda. i'm the first to admit i've made mistake and it's been incumbent on me to take responsibility, shoulder that burden, make the necessary changes and move on. >> although steele has faced calls for his resignation it's unlikely he will be forced from his position. poland is in mourning today following the loss of its president in a large contingent of the military and political elite in a tragic plane crash. the presidential plane went down in heavy fog near smolensk airport in russia clipping trees as it tried to land. thousands of people in warsaw are paying their respects by laying flowers at the presidential palace. nbc has the very latest from moscow. it was a long day yesterday. let's get to the latest today. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, alex. well, we'll start with the latest. a plane took off carrying the body of kaczynski flying back to

warsaw where it's going to fly and stay. the acting president hasn't said when the official funeral will be held. a small ceremony was held right before he took off. prime minister vladimir putin was there to oversee it. on the ground in smolensk, work continues into the crash poland specialists were invited, specialists on the ground in smolensk gathering whatever they can to try to help figure out exactly what caused the crash. here in moscow the black box with the technical data has been brought back. russian media reports say it was damaged but none of that damage was critical. they should be able to start lifting the data off the box and polish experts have been brought hear to moscow also to assist and to sit in on that. now also family members have started coming here to moscow where the rest of the bodies are being brought from smolensk to a morgue here. relatives will come here to

moscow. they have started to identify the bodies of their loved ones and then they can be brought back to warsaw. and russians themselves, you know, it might not be the same impact here but russians have been mourning as well the polish embassy is right near my house. on my way in to work i saw people going there to the embassy laying flowers outside the embassy to also pay their respects. alex? >> yeah, all right, well, it is a tragic day but glad that the body of the polish president and his wife are on the way back home. we'll be speaking with you again. thank you so much. appreciate that. coming up, we'll have more on the circumstances surrounding that crash. we're going to hear from a former chairman of the national transportation safety board. breaking news in the south pacific, a major earthquake has rocked the solomon islands just off the coast of australia that measured 7.1. terrorists and how to keep the most lethal weapons known to

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tiger woods going for the masters championship as he heads into the final round today at augusta national. and kerry sanders still at his post there with the very latest. kerry, with a good morning, what is he closer to a fifth green jacket today as you see it or not? >> reporter: he is but the fans are going to wonder if they're going to get in to see him or not because here in the legendary masters, in the gentile south where nothing ever goes wrong, is a computer glitch this morning. folks who have these, batches, on the back there's a bar code.

when you go in, they shoot it with a gun. it tells you you're in. when you leave, they shoot it again. the computers aren't working so the lines are backed up. you can see the people coming in. they're way backed up as they try to figure out the computer glitch because everyone is trying to get in to get the best seat so they can be in the right position to watch the showdown here today and, of course, all eyes are, indeed, on tiger know, this is broadcast live. there is no delay and so everybody heard it. and he had said -- he promised

as part of his rehabilitation, part of the steps he was taking to change his life, that he was probably going to have less of the demonstrative anger but probably less of the excitement as well. well, if those two extremes are supposedly coming more to a center, yesterday we saw that it takes a while to get there because, let's put it this way, a lot of parents were probably sticking their fingers in their ki kids' ears after he got a little upset with the way he was playing. >> yeah. you know, i chuckled myself because during commercials i let things fly. i'm just saying and i'm really glad there's no microphone on. anyway, tiger's got a little more pressure on him than i do, i think. there you go, kerry sanders. we'll talk to you again. thanks so much. >> reporter: thank you. terrorism takes the focus in washington when leaders begin gathering at the white house for a global summit on nuclear security. president obama is pushing a new effort that aims to secure nuclear material worldwide and keep it out of would-be

attackers. general barry mccaffrey, msnbc analyst. good to have you, as always. >> morning, alex. >> we have the president laying out this four-year time frame to secure the loose nuclear material. what kind of material is he talking about? and when you talk about trying to secure loose material, do you even know where it all is? >> well, you set the question up appropriately. the feeling of the entire area, weapons of mass destruction, some 12,000 russian nukes, 9,400 russian/u.s. nukes, they're not the major let to international security. there's maybe 250 metric tons of plutonium floating around somewhere in the world and literally millions of pounds of highly enriched uranium. out of all this, you have a third-rate university physics lab, if somebody gave you 40 grams, you could make a nuclear device probably. that's what they're going to try

to do is get this stuff under control and the president wants to do it inside of four years. ambitious? not likely to work but certainly the right thing to try. >> okay. so not realistic in your mind to get it done in four years? >> well, we'll see. it's just the problem is this is civilian uses of nuclear fuel and, in many cases, you have tremendous secrecy. by the way, the nations that won't be here include iran and north korea. they're the problem not the ones who will attend the conference. >> they're absolutely the problem if you listen to secretary of state hillary clinton with regard to the six nuclear weapons they're known to have and the concern they are willing to sell the secrets or the weapons to the highest bidder. does that make them as much if not more of a threat than iran? >> north korea is an unknown factor. the guy running the country is a sociopath. they do have nuclear chemical and biological weapons. they have a giant standing army

and they're imploding economically. so they are probably the most serious threat to international security. however, that's not to say even close allies like the pakistanis, they were a major force for proliferation of nuclear weapons, sharing technology and know-how. >> well, the president, as you know, signed the nuclear reduction treaty with russia. how do we ensure moscow lives up to its end of the bargain? >> well, i think that treaty in prague if ratified by the two legislative bodies, which is, to be honest, not likely in my view in the coming years. but we can probably trust the russians to -- because economically they're having trouble maintaining any security at all. conventional forces are in disarray. i think both sides see this level of nuclear deterrent as being unneeded, wasteful, expensive and potentially a

threat particularly in russia if somebody is stealing it. i think the russians are likely to cooperate but it's a modest step, a good step, one-third reduction. the real questions, alex, many analysts are asking, should our deck latory statement we would not use nuclear weapons against biological attack on the united states, does that lower deterrence? and then finally, of course, the big question is 30-some-odd nations in the world agreed to never build nukes as long as they're protected by the u.s. nuclear umbrella. that's what we have to maintain as a credible deterrent capacity. that includes modernization of our own nuclear deterrence. >> general barry mccaffrey, thanks so much. >> good to be with you, alex. >> more about the tennessee family who sent their adopted son back to russia and a live report coming up.rosse.

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"designing women" actress dixie carter has died. the tennessee native was most famous for quick witted julia sugarbaker on "designing women." >> i just want you to know that we're here for you and we care. but, in the meantime, no way am adecorating a 19-room house for some newsy who just blew in from st. louis. >> she also appeared on broadway on on the tv shows "family law" and "diff' rent strokes." funerals continue as rescue crews work to remove the bodies from the upper branch mine. brian mooar is in beckley, west virginia, where one of the miners was laid to rest yesterday. a very somber good morning to you, brian. >> reporter: hi, alex. we are learning a bit about how

these miners died and we're learning more about how they lived. funeral services today for which will yam roosevelt lynch, known by his middle name of roosevelt. he just celebrated his birthday a couple of weeks ago. a devoted family man, a church leader, somebody who loved the dallas cowboys but somebody whose life was certainly about mining. the investigation is really getting under way here. officials will be gathering in this state beginning tomorrow and going through the specifics starting to get to a point where they can go into the mine and look at exactly what happened, dissect it and figure out, more importantly, what needs to be done in the future. there is a lot of scrutiny on the federal government, the mining agency the federal government has, some say should have cracked down, should have seen a pattern of violations at this particular mine. there were more than 100 violations over the last ten years. some in the mining industry say that violations are part of the business here because it is a

very dangerous business, and the government is very aggressive. this will be a chance, alex, for the government to weigh in, see whether what it has been doing is right and see whether this massey energy company which ran this mine did all it could have done to keep these miners from dying in this terrible tragedy. alex? >> a long road ahead of recovery and investigation. brian mooar, thank you very much, for the live report. some more headlines we're following this morning. a gun fight inside a crowded oklahoma mall might have also poured out onto the streets. one person is dead, at least five injured yesterday afternoon inside the arrowhead mall. reports of gunfire across the city. police are still looking for suspects. nasa astronauts are working to replace an old storage tank outside the international space station. today marks the 40th anniversary of the lunch of "apollo 13." more on tiger woods in the final round of the masters. does he need a miracle? to stay in tune with life after 50,

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febreze. it's a breath of fresh air. i'm alex witt and here are the top stories. a two-minute moment of silence was held this morning in poland following the death of the country's president. lech kaczynski and his wife and many leaders were killed when the jet crashed in russia. some call the crash poland's worst disaster since world war ii. and an explosive device thrown over the wall at the u.s. consulate friday night. the device damaged windows, caused no injuries, though. the latest attack follows the shooting deaths of three people linked to the u.s. consulate in ciud juarez. three russian families have come forward and offered to adopt a boy rejected by his american family. 7-year-old artyom savelyev is back in russia right now after

spending six months in tennessee with torry hansen, his adoptive mom. he was known as justin in tennessee. on thursday he was artyom arriving in russia all by himself carrying a note from hansen that said the orphanage lied to her about the boy's mental state. ron allen is in north tennessee where the adoptive family lives. ron, with a good morning to you, this is one controversial story to say the least. >> reporter: it is and it's disturbing. that's the word some of the people used to describe what's happened. this is the family home behind me. it's been very quiet for the past couple of days. no one has seen the hansens since the story broke. and even before that people who live around here, everybody knows everybody, people say the family was a bit of a mystery and people just cannot believe what they did to a 7-year-old little boy. the hansen family compound remains shut tight. easter decorations still up. the adoptive mother has not been seen here since word spread she sent her 7-year-old adopted son

justin back to russia with a note saying she did not want him. >> i say it's treating a child like a dog. >> reporter: ang lean bailey said she saw the hansens come and go the past few years but they never spoke to her and she never saw the boy. a boy who apparently rarely left the compound, not even to attend school. in russia today reports indicate the young boy remains in a hospital. he's seeing a psychologist. numerous russian families outraged by what happened have offered to adoptive. on russian tv he has said hansen did not feed him but often pulled him by his hair. the u.s. is trying to convince russia not to stop adoptions to the u.s. as it has threatened to do working on new safeguards. leaving perhaps several thousand families and orphans in diplomatic limbo. >> over the last 15 years, over 50,000 russian children have been adopted into american families, 50,000. and the vast majority of those children are in loving, stable

situations. >> reporter: back here in tennessee authorities began investigating what many adoption experts say could be a case of child abuse. hansen and her mother have been quoted saying the boy was violent when denied things he wanted like toys, and he attacked an aunt with a statue over a homework dispute and threatened to burn down the house with the family in it. child welfare experts warn families need to think carefully before adopting. >> kids who come from foster care, who come from orphanages, often need some help. we have to provide that help. we can't just say, oh, the parent -- the parent should just love the kid and everything will be okay. >> reporter: hansen's neighbors like the folks at this & that store say the concern is with the little boy they never saw. >> i'm glad he's okay. >> reporter: investigators here say they're not pressing hansen to come forward at this point because she has not been accused of a specific crime. at this point it's unclear what,

if any help the family reached out for before deciding to put the little boy on a plane. alex? >> some story. nbc's ron allen, thank you very much. an amazing rescue story out of washington state. a hiker was trapped in an avalanche near squal mi pass, saying he used his cell phone to call rescuers. >> our avalanche danger is extremely high. he was near the tree line and that avalanche swept in about 100 feet from the trail. >> and the crews were able to locate the man and dig hem out of the snow. he had enough air under the snow but was suffering from hypothermia. while most republican leaders are playing coy, gop activists are sending some signals though not necessarily clearly. more than 1,800 people cast ballots in a straw poll gauging their picks for the top of the ticket come 2012. with us from washington is eleanor clift, contributor editor for "newsweek" magazine and also joining in the

discussion a staff writer for "roll call." good morning, alex. >> let's take a look at these results, mitt romney, ron paul, sarah palin, 330, newt gingrich, 321. eleanor, mitt romney wasn't even there. he's up in new hampshire. what does that tell you? >> well, a win is a win is a win even though it's by a single vote. this group meeting in new orleans is really an establishment republican group. they were screaming, hollering in favor of the tea party but basically they're establishment folks and mitt romney is pretty much their kind of guy. he has a record of accomplishment, a record that he's not all that keen about touting in today's political atmosphere but he was governor -- he was the governor who signed in the health care bill that is basically a model for the health care reform that the president has passed and he's got a background in economics although he was kind of a downsizer.

i don't know how well that sells. i don't think anybody would question his expertise and his credentials to lead the kcountr. and so i think he's the safe choice and the republicans tend to go with the person whose turn it is. he ran last time and didn't do all that well. he's hanging in there. he has a well-received biography. i think he's a front-runner for the republicans. >> okay. let's look with you, emily, at the very close second, that being ron paul. this one sort of seems like an anomaly. is he a viable could be tender? >> no. he's really not a viable contender to be the republicans' national representative. i think he plays an important role within the party. certainly he enjoys tremendous popularity and enthusiastic popularity, people really do love ron paul but he represents a part of the party that, you know, might not be the predominant element of the party when it comes to a race against democrats in a national presidential race. i don't think he would win that. you did see, though, that he won

the conservative straw poll back in february, i think it was. it shows he has tremendous popularity but i think seeing these two republicans at the top of the straw poll is interesting because they really do represent the two parts of the party. but i think ron paul is more of the conscience of the party, a standard-bearer for the tea partiers and the real fiscal conservatives. but i just don't see him as a viable national candidate. another thing to think about when we're looking at the straw poll is that the last person who won the straw poll, i think, was back in '06 was bill fritz. another establishment guy who ended up not even running for president, probably wouldn't have made a very dynamic presidential candidate but that's kind of something to think about. it's not indicative poll. >> okay 0. so, then, eleanor with emily's descriptions of romney and paul, we have to get the sarah palin fa factor. who gets a lot of attention. where does she fall in here because she lacks votes and is this a real problem if she decides to run? is she electable?

>> she owns the far right and they are providing a lot of energy in this election season and presumably they will in 2012 but her negatives are high. she energizes her opponents as much as her supporters so i think she plays a critical role but i do not see she is electable. it's hard to imagine all the guys lining up to run in the republican primary won't figure out a way to decimate her in the debates that would lead up to the voting in the primaries in 2012. >> okay. ladies, we have to scoot. more to come with both of you, eleanor clift and emily heil, thank you. day four of the masters, the final round and tiger woods is four strokes back. tiger hit three straight birdies yesterday keeping him on the leader board but a bad swing prompted at least one spectator to shout, tiger you suck. can woods make this comeback one for the record books? sportswriter with the edge of

sports.com and author of "a people's history of sports in the united states." good morning. >> good morning, alex. >> let's look at tiger's tale. he is tied, four strokes back. does he need a miracle today? >> does he need earl woods to come down from the heavens and alo allow the ball to enter the hole? no. he's the greatest closer, i would argue, in the history of the sport. he does need help from the people in front of him. it's not some weekend duffors on the back 18 year. we're talking about phil mickelson, the number three ranked player in the world, lee westwood, who is the number four ranked player in the world. so they are going to have to falter if tying certificate going tiger is going to move forward. >> have the fans forgiven him and what about the critics who said he's not going to be able to make a strong return? >> look, as far as the fans go, it's a bit of a screwkewed audi.

they're not even fans. they're patrons. it's sort of like if sarah palin does a great speech at a tea party rally, wow, america loves sarah palin. it's not exactly a crowd that tells us what fans really think about tiger woods. now as for your second question, any commentator who said that tiger woods would not make the cut at this tournament, i have to tell you, just does not know what they're talking about. this is a tournament that tiger woods has only finished out of the top 20 once. he was hitting balls all week, practicing all day, and everybody who saw him, and these were public practices, saw he was hitting the bejesus out of the ball. there's just no way anybody could have looked at this. and think about it like this, tiger has spent the last several years winning tournaments while juggling 18 mistresses. now he's playing with none of those distractions. >> you just used the word bejesus which is in opposition to some of the words, the colorful language tiger used on

the sixth hole. what happened there? >> well, all right, tiger lasted 42 holes before breaking his pledge that he said would be to not to cuss anymore on the course. of tiger's entire rollout, his brand rehabilitation program of the last several weeks, this by far was the most profoundly stupid. it's one thing if tiger just says i'm recommitting myself to religion, family. even the ghoulish nike commercial, you could see where that comes from. but saying he would never curse again kind of is profound as if that is somehow connected to his respect for the sport. it never quite made sense to me. he has to go out there and just be tiger and play his best. if people don't like it, cbs should stop having open microphones on the golfers if they don't want to hear that kind of thing. this is something that bothers me about golf. i don't know why they act like they're playing 18 holes at the vatican or something. every other sport people are actually allowed to speak and

cheer but golf, people act like somehow it's this sacred ground. it's like just take the mikes off them and let them talk. >> 18 holes at the vatican, that's funny. we'll talk to you again later this morning, thanks. >> thank you, alex. teen yeah faye was back playing sarah palin on ""saturday night live"." a skit where palin announced the creation of a new network, the sarah palin network. of course tina fey as palin. >> do you hate gotcha journal m journalism? well, get ready for, hey journalist, i gotcha. i made them look like they were the ones woefully unprepared. so, katie, what newspapers do you read? it's an easy question, katie. well, better luck next time. gotcha. >> yeah, it was worth staying up

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poland declared a week of mourning as it reels from the plane crash that killed its president and other leaders. vladimir putin visited the site of the crash. thousands in warsaw lay flowers and lit candles outside the preside presidential palace. we are joined live from warsaw. a good morning to you. let's talk about the feeling and what you've been hearing from people following this awful tragedy. >> reporter: it's a sad day and a very sad scene here in warsaw but also outside the presidential palace. as you said tens of thousands of people are gathered here today and have been coming here for the last 24 hours or so even before the official national mourning was announced yesterday

at 6:00 p.m. a lot of people were here first to light a candle and perhaps pray for those who lost their lives yesterday in western s russia. the president of poland lech kaczynski and his wife. a large part of the political elite and also a large part of the military top commander. the body of the president is now due to arrive here from the local airport in around 30 minutes or so. a very special people from warsaw and also outside of warsaw who came here today would like to pay their dues and respect to the president and to this tragedy which struck yesterday. mourning will take place the next six days but also a lot of people are now not only putting black ribbons but also white and red flags, the national colors of poland. we tried to accept this tragedy

with pride as well. >> blajez, an interim president has been picked. there will be an election. how long from now? can you hear me? we may have lost our signal with him. okay. we'll try to get back with him. again, that live report from warsaw where the polish residents are still in shock and very much mourning the loss of their president. an american reality show producer suspected of killing his wife during a posh vacation in cancun is being watched right now by the u.s. consulate in mexico. he is not allowed to leave mexico as the investigation into his wife's death continues. her body was found stuffed in a sewer pipe about 80 yards from her hotel room. miguel almaguera is in cancun, mexico. with a good morning, what are police looking for right now? >> reporter: investigators are still actually just pursuing their investigation. it's still relatively in the

early stages. we spoke to the attorney general's office which is the mexican version of the district attorney's office back in the states and we also spoke to the coroner's office. we understand that obviously investigators are still looking into this, what is now clearly a murder investigation, and the coroner's office says they have the body. it will likely stay there for a few more days, still conducting the toxicology reports and that their investigation is slowly moving forward, alex. >> okay 0. nbc's miguel almaguera, thank you for the update from cancun. well, everyone, a peace of nfl history no longer. a stadium gets a spectacular sendoff. plus, how more americans working on those credit card balances. we'll talk about it.

a new york city artist says he's trying to draw every person in new york and that includes people commuting, sitting on benches eating, going about their business, whatever, even famous people if they happen to be around. as you might imagine it is a work in progress.

joining me live now, the artist from new york city. my first reaction was, what are you nuts? >> i hope not. >> i hope not as well. how did you come up with the project? >> i came up with it in march of 2008 and came up with the title first. i was excited at the idea of interacting with everybody in new york city. that's just the way. >> how exhausting is this? not only for your hand and all the drawing but just for your mind trying to place where you've been and get faces and get people? >> actually it's kind of calming at times because it's something i can just kind of work on just as i'm on the train or going from here to there in the city. >> are you on this 24/7? >> i do other projects, too. if i'll be in a certain spot, kind of like that. but i'm always thinking about it. >> can you hold up this one to the camera. this is watching a mets game. i hope you guys can see this picture. look at that. you literally got in there and started drawing little tiny people. does your hand get tired?

>> i practice a lot so it's okay. >> okay. this is another one. take a look at the camera. every piece of art in the museum of modern art book. look at this. you just have to look again. this is absolutely incredible, he's gone through the museum, i mean, what do people think when they see you sketching these things? do you explain what you're doing? >> usually i'm kind of at a distance so i'm ignored. it's mostly through the internet that i've been able to interact with people. >> what do they say? >> usually positive things. i've been lucky people have been really positive. >> end game, what is that? you get it done and then -- >> this project, the new york project i think i'm going to be working on it forever and i'm going to enjoy it. working on it and hoping other people are enjoying it, too, along the way. >> when you talk about the kind of art you're doing, can you

describe it? >> i don't know. i do some illustration work for "the new york times" but i also do artwork in galleries, so i'm not sure. >> do you have a favorite? >> i did do a drawing of kristin wigg. >> ""saturday night live"" star for those of you just born. >> i was excite body her and she uses it on wer website. >> she does? >> it's exciting for me. >> do you make money? >> the new york project, not very much money. but it's led to other projects which has been nice. >> i'm very much in admiration of you. first, are you okay? it's a great one. it's a lot of fun. come on back as you get more sketches. we'd like to see. good luck. a french explorer has made the first arctic crossing by balloon landing in siberia. 63-year-old john-lewis etienne sailed over the arctic circle. he had to change coue